Evidence-Informed Decision Making: Guide to Learning and Training Opportunities

The Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with a number of partner organizations, has developed a comprehensive guide of training and learning opportunities related to evidence-informed decision-making in public health.

• In-person Workshops
• Online Learning Modules

IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS

Health-evidence.ca

Evidence-Informed Practice Workshops

Workshops are to build individual and organizational capacity; topics include: EIDM 101 (process overview, the value of EIDM, becoming critical consumers of research evidence); critical appraisal; strategies for efficient searching evidence; using systematic reviews to guide decision making; resources, tools and knowledge management for EIDM http://www.health-evidence.ca/account/contactus

Price: Various
Audience: Public Health and Health Care Practitioners
Format: Interactive, Presentations, Small/ Large Group Activities, Customizable
Length: 1-2 days (series of or various stand-alone practical workshops)
Available in French: No

Canadian Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing

Evidence-Informed Decision Making Workshop

To get experience applying core concepts by working through planning process; critical appraisal http://ccebn.mcmaster.ca

Price: $1500 per person
Audience: Public Health and Health Care Practitioners
Format: Interactive, Presentations, Small Groups
Length: 5 days
Available in French: No

National Collaborating Centre for Methods & Tools

Evidence-Informed Public Health Workshops

Practical workshop on the overall process; application of evidence; critical appraisal http://www.nccmt.ca/events/nccmt_workshops-eng.html

Price: Various
Audience: Public Health Practitioners including Program Managers/ Directors/ Staff
Format: Interactive, Presentations, Small/ Large Group Activities, Customizable
Length: 0.5-1 day to 5 days
Available in French: No

Towards Evidence Informed Practice

Master-Trainer Workshops for Evidence-Informed Decision Making

Intro to Program Assessment, Program Evidence & Program Evaluation; focus on pre-appraised sources of research evidence; addresses organizational capacity-building http://teip.hhrc.net/workshops/index.cfm

Price: Various
Audience: Public Health Practitioners, Community Health Partners/Organizations
Format: Interactive, Presentations, Small/ Large Group Activities, Customizable
Length: Organizations can select 1, 2, or all three one-day workshops
Available in French: No

Canadian Best Practices Portal

“Train the Trainer” Workshops

Series of training sessions to increase awareness of the Portal as a credible access point for effective interventions for chronic disease prevention and healthcare promotion http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/

Price: Various
Audience: Public Health intermediary organizations and PHAC Regional KDE Analysts
Format: Interactive, Presentations, Small/ Large Group Activities
Length: 1 day
Available in French: No

ONLINE LEARNING MODULES

Towards Evidence Informed Practice

Three Online Learning Modules build skills to apply:

• Program Assessment
  http://teip.hhrc.net/tools/learning/module_1/index.html
• Program Evidence
  http://teip.hhrc.net/tools/learning/module_2/index.html
• Program Evaluation
  http://teip.hhrc.net/tools/learning/module_3/index.html

Price: Free
Audience: Public Health Practitioners, Program Managers, Community Health Partners/organizations, students
Format: Interactive, Webinars, Audio-visual tutorials
Length: 3.5-4 hrs. each module
Available in French: Yes

Canadian Institutes for Health Research

• Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making
  Built on a scenario allowing for learner to apply and understand each stage of the EIDM process http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39128.html#Guide
• Critical Appraisal of Intervention Studies
  Allows the learner to apply each criterion for critical appraisal of an intervention study http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39128.html#Guide

Price: Free
Audience: General
Format: Interactive, Webinars
Length: 5 hrs. each module
Available in French: Yes

Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion / The Health Communication Unit

• (i) Orientation to the Online Health Program Planner
  Allows users to work on one or more steps in a 6-step planning model. The OHPP is based on an EIDM process http://www.thcu.ca/ohpp
• (ii) Introduction to Planning Health Promotion Programs
  Training on this topic in a variety of formats, including the 6-step planning model, steps include project management, situational assessment, setting objectives, choosing strategies, among others http://www.thcu.ca/videos/webcasts.htm

Price: Free (working on Ontario-focused projects; services)
Audience: Public Health Practitioners
Format: Interactive, Webinars, Audio-Visual Tutorials, Teleconference supported
Length: 1.5 hr. webinars or individual training sessions for (i) and Half-day to two full-day sessions for (ii)
Available in French: Yes

National Collaborating Centre for Methods & Tools

Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making

Its purpose is to demonstrate the components of EIDM in public health and practice finding and applying the best available research evidence to a real world scenario http://learning.nccmt.ca/en/

Price: Free
Audience: General
Format: Interactive, Webinars
Length: 3.5-5 hrs.
Available in French: Yes

Skills Enhancements for Public Health

• (i) Evidence-Based Public Health Practice
  Rationale for evidence-based public health, critiques of evidence, steps of EBP http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sehs-acss/index-eng.php
• (ii) Planning for Public Health
  Outlines how to gather data from various sources, set priorities, and develop a plan of action http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sehs-acss/index-eng.php
• (iii) Introduction to Literature Searching
  Options to search for and retrieve public health related data, online support services http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sehs-acss/index-eng.php

Price: Free (must register)
Audience: Front Line Public Health Practitioners
Format: Interactive, Teleconference Supported, Facilitated Group Course for (i) and (ii) and Interactive, Audio-Visual Tutorials for (iii)
Length: 8 weeks (25-35 hrs. in total) for (i) and (ii) and 3 weeks (10-12 hrs. in total for (iii)
Available in French: Yes (iii); Yes in May 2011 (i, ii)

BC’s Provincial Health Services Authority “Moving Research to Practice” Program

Takes a current research topic and explains it in non-technical language http://www.phsa.ca/HealthProfessionals/Moving-Research-to-Practice/default.htm

Price: Free
Audience: Health Care policy-makers and practitioners
Format: Interactive, Webinars, Audio-Visual Tutorials
Length: 3 online modules
Available in French: No

Evidence Based Behavioral Practice

http://www.ebbp.org/training.html

• (i) EBBP Process Module
  Aims to enhance the skills of behavioral interventionists to find, appraise, and apply evidence to improve the health of individuals, communities, and populations
• (ii) Search the Evidence Module
  Introduces available on-line evidence resources and allows behavioral and social science professionals to develop skills to more effectively search for evidence
• (iii) Systematic Review Module
  Evidence-users will learn to appraise the quality of systematic reviews, and evidence-creators will learn the basic steps in conducting a systematic review
• (iv) Critical Appraisal Module
  Evidence-users will learn to appraise the quality of controlled trials (both randomized and non-randomized), time series research designs, and systematic reviews (including meta-analysis)
• (v) Randomized Controlled Trials Module
  Introduces Randomized Control Trials (RCT) and provides the learner with information about how to design and conduct them

Price: $35 for (i), (iv), (v) and $25 for (ii), (iii)
Audience: Graduate students, researchers, practitioners in the fields of psychology, medicine, nursing, public health, social work and information sciences
Format: Interactive, Webinars, Audio-Visual Tutorials
Length: 2 contact hrs. for (i), (iv), (v), 1 contact hrs. for (ii), (iii)
Available in French: No